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Gansey Girl

Steve Carvill
McKinney Fine Art Foundry
2015

Description

Sculpture of a young woman knitting a gansey, the traditional jumper worn by fishermen. It honours Bridlington's fishing families. Many fishing families have contributed to the sculpture by placing moulded fish which bear their family names on to the sculpture's plinth.

Bridlington - Gansey Girl

Sculptor

Steve Carvill, English sculptor and stone carver of Bridlington.

Sources & Information

Vic Allen, Monumental Oversights: Public sculpture in Yorkshire (Halifax 2019).
BBC News, 30 October 2015, Bridlington Gansey girl sculpture unveiled.
Opher's world, The Gansey Girl – Bridlington Sculpture.

Locatie (N 54°4'51" - W 0°11'13") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gbyh219; Photograph: 1 August 2019
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